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L. K. JOHNSON & A. A. LOW. TYPE SETTING GASE.

' No. 562,082. Patented June 16, 1896.

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L. K. JOHNSON & A. A. LOW.

TYPE SETTING CASE.

No. 562,082. Patented June 16, 1896.

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No. 562,082. Patented June 16, 1896.

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LOUIS KOSSUTI'I JOHNSON AND ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOIV, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY,

OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-SETTING CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,082, dated June 16, 1896.

Application filed October 1, 1895.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LoU1s KossUrH JOHN- SON and ABBOT AUGUsTUs Low, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Setting Cases, of which the following is a specification, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to make and use the same.

Our present invention is an improvement upon the form of plural type or word case set forth in our last application for patent, filed September 23, 1895, Serial No. 563,313, in which the type-containing channels are arranged consecutively one behind the other, the types being supported on the flat and being removed, successively, one at a time, from their respective columns in such manner that each succeeding type is deposited upon the top of the one next preceding it, the types resting one against the other on the flat,

with the lowest one on the floor, along which all are advanced for removal.

In the above case the type-floor is stepped or formed with different levels, so as to allow the types detached to pass below the typecolumns in front, a horizontal pushing-blade being used, and the type dropping successively and collectively from one level to another until finally presented for removal from the front of the type-floor.

In the case of exceedingly high type the agitation and jar to which they are subjected in dropping from one level of the type-floor to another is liable to cause derangement or even displacement, a feature which it is the object of our present invention to guard against by dispensing with the stepped floor and substituting a level continuous floor which is horizontal, or nearly so, while the channels themselves are arranged at different heights, successively, from the highest in front to the lowest in the rear of the holder, so that those detached will be able to pass under succeeding channels and columns, the types being successively detached from the ends ofthe columns and laid' upon top of Serial No. 564,259. (No model.)

those already detached as the latter pass beneath.

To this end the main feature of our present invention consists in the arrangement, with the channels at different elevations, of a pusher-blade common to all, inclined and op- 5 5 crating at an angle with relation to the horizontal type-floor, but substantially parallel and corresponding to the differences in elevation of the type-channels, in such manner that during its forward stroke the front edge will detach the lowest type in each column, one after the other, collecting them and carrying them forward upon the horizontal typefloor, upon which the first type only rests, with the others piled upon it above, one upon the other, upon their flat sides. By this arrangement each type need descend only a distance about equal to its own thickness, and is deposited evenly and gently upon the type next preceding it, excepting only in the case of the first or rear type, which need not drop at all, since it can be supported directly upon the type-floor. As a consequence, all jolting or unevenness of motion in the advance of the types is avoided, and they glide gently and evenly along the type-floor in perfect alinement both longitudinally and laterally, in which condition they are finally left by the retractile movement of the pusher-blade with their front ends projecting over the front edge of the type-floor.

Our present invention also includes the adjustment of the type-containin g channels with relation to the inclined pusher-blade for the purpose of effecting the accurate presen- 8 5 tation of the types to the edge of the pusherblade, and in this connection a like adjustment of the front side walls or face plates of the channels with relation to the path of the pusher-blade. 0

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the typechannel holder, showing the pusher in its retracted position; Fig. 2, a similar view showing the pusher at the end of its forward stroke. 5 Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 is a section on plane of line 6 6, Fig. at. Fig. 5 is a section on plane of line 7 7, Fig. 4. Fig. (3 is an isometrical view of the upper, end of one of the type face-plates. Fig. 7 is an isometrieal view of the upper end of one of the channels.

In our present construction the type-supporting shoulders c are formed directly upon the inner lower edges of the type-containing channels O, as set forth in our concurrent application hereinbefore referred to; but the channels are supported independently and adj ustably upon and within the frame A, there being no seats formed in the latter for the reception of the lower ends of the channels.

Any suitable means for supporting the channels adj ustably upon and within the frame A may be resorted to. A simple method is that shown in the drawings, in which the upper ends of the channels 0 are formed with lugs c, which are threaded to receive the set-screws S, the lower ends of which bear against the upper side of the frame or any stationary part thereof.

The channels 0 are arranged in the holder A successively at different levels. The typeehannel at the forward end of the case is the highest, the next succeeding one at the rear slightly lower, and so on until the last channel in the series is sufficiently low to bring the lower side of its lowest type into position upon the type-table 13.

The type-table B is grooved centrally and longitudinally to admit of the reciprocating of the pusher P, and it is substantially horizontal in position.

The pusher-blade P is to all intents and purposes like that shown and described in our last application, excepting that it travels upon the inclined table D, which is approximately parallel or equivalent to the difference in elevation between the type-containing channels above.

The front plates F are adjustable vertically with relation to the types and the path of the pusher P by any suitable means, as by the set-screws S passing through the lugs said screws bearing upon a stationary part of the frame A; or by the set-screws S passing through the slot 3, as in the case of the first front plate F.

The adjustment of the channels and of the face-plates vertically is to provide for the adaptation of the case to types of different thicknesses.

The operation is as follows: The type-channels 0 having been inserted in position and adjusted vertically, so as to bring their lowest types into proper alinement and relation to the upper front edge 19 of the pusher P, and face-plates F F having been likewise adjusted thereto, the forward movement of the pusher P up the inclined bed D first slides the rear type away from its column along the type-platform B and underneath the next type-channel, by which time the forward end p of the pusher P has risen sufficiently above the horizontal typefloor B to encounter the heel of the lowest type in the second channel,

the continued advance of the pusher effecting the detachment of the type from its column and depositing it on top of the type from the first column. This operation is repeated with the third type as the pusher advances, and final] y with the fourth type, which is deposited upon top of the others at the end of the forward stroke of the pusher. It will. thus be seen that the types are simply slid along upon a single continuous floor, which is substantially horizontal, and that they suffer no jar or disturbance whatever during the forwarding operation, each type after the first being surely and gently deposited upon top of that last detached, and the downward movement of each type being reduced to the minimum, and being necessarily equivalent only to the thickness of the type-supporting shoulders c, which may be made comparatively thin and still afford adequate support for the columns of type above.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a series of type-containin g channels arranged one behind the other in the same plane and at different elevations successively one above the other from rear to front; a common type-floor which is substantially horizontal and is formed with an inclined groove; and an inclined type-forwarder resting in said groove and arranged to forward the types successively from their containing-channels, resting one upon the other, along said horizontal type-floor, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with the typercontaining channels arranged at different elevations successively one above the other and formed with type-supporting shoulders leaving a central space between them of a horizontal typetable formed with a central groove or recess, a pusher-blade traveling in the said recess and between the type-supporting shoulders on the channels and an inclined bed or support for said reciprocating pusher, for the purpose and substantially in the manner described.

3. The combination of aseries of type-com taining channels arranged one behind the other in the same plane and at different elevations successively one above the other from rear to front; a common type-floor which is substantially horizontal andis formed with an inclined groove; an inclined type-forwarder resting in said groove and arranged to forward the types successively from their containingchannels, resting one upon the other, along said horizontal type-floor; and means for ad- 3' usting the type-containing channels with relation to the path of said inclined pusher, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of a series of type-containing channels arranged one behind the other in the same plane and at different elevations successively one above the other from rear to front; a common type-floor which is substantially horizon tal and is formed with an inclined groove; an inclined type-forwarder stantiallyiu the manner and for the purpose resting in said groove and arranged to forward described.

the type successively from their containing- LOUIS KOSSUTI'I JOHNSON. channels, resting one upon the other, along ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOV.

5 said horizontal type-floor; and means for adlVitnesses:

justing the channel face-plates with relation D. XV. GARDNER,

t0 the path of the said inclined pusher, sub- GEORGE XVILLIAM MIATT. 

